Twitter use in physics conferences

Stephen Webb

doi:10.1007/s11192-016-2031-1

Twitter use in physics conferences

Stephen Webb

Centre for Academic and Digital Innovation

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Abstract

An analysis of Twitter use in 116 conferences suggests that the service is used
more extensively at PACS10 conferences (those devoted to the physics of
elementary particles and fields) and PACS90 conferences (those devoted to
geophysics, astronomy, and astrophysics) than at conferences in other fields of
physics. Furthermore, Twitter is used in a qualitatively different manner. A
possible reason for these differences is discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1267-1286
Number of pages	20
Journal	Scientometrics
Volume	108
Issue number	3
Early online date	27 Jun 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-016-2031-1
Publication status	Published - Sept 2016

Keywords

Twitter
scholarly communication
subdisciplinary differences
physics conference activity

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